07-21-2015, 10:19 PM
(07-21-2015, 07:25 PM)YKF Wrote:(07-21-2015, 02:33 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Bursting at the seams? Certainly not. There were 32M pax last year, with a capacity of 35M (21M for T1 and 14M for T3). There is another 4M of overflow capacity by using the infield terminal (currently not in use since the last phase of T1 was completed). The next T1 expansion is slated to open about 2020, and will bring the airport capacity to over 50M pax.
And in addition to that, expansion at YKF (or YHM, or YXU) is no substitute for YYZ capacity.
You're slightly off. YYZ handled over 38M pax in 2014 and they still have room to accommodate a few million more without any terminal expansions. By no means is YYZ in 'bursting at the seams' territory. A friend of mine who works for GTAA stated that before T1 gets its new pier, they'll be adding capacity by reconfiguring the terminals (currently underway in T3) and moving airlines from T3 to T1 if need be.
This is what I get from reading outdated planning documents!